Daily Puck Drop: The mystery of Ichiro Suzuki

Tuesday’s Daily Puck Drop with Jason “Puck” Puckett features Larry Stone, former Seattle Times columnist discussing Ichiro going into the Hall of Fame.  Danny Kelly, The Ringer, stops by for his weekly visit to discuss the NFL, championship weekend and Kansas City Chiefs fatigue.  Also stopping by on Tuesday, the Ground Puck Podcast with Tim Booth of the Seattle Times and Curtis Crabtree of FOX 13. Normally the show airs on Monday, but they flipped with John Canzano.  They discuss how far the Seahawks are away from playing on championship weekend and the heat being turned up on John Schneider. 

Puck opens up the show discussing last night’s national title game and the gut punch he took because he had the Irish at +8.5! Kirk Herbstreit crying, no buzz for the game and the college football season needs to be shorter. 

(9:06) - Larry Stone, former Seattle Times sports columnist joins Puck to chat about Ichiro going into the Hall of Fame. They talk about what made Ichiro unique, his relationship with teammates, relationship with the fans, the pressure of being the first, his legacy on the Mariners and what his success has meant to baseball.  They wrap up their conversation talking about the chances of Felix Hernandez. 

(32:44) - Danny Kelly, The Ringer chats with Puck about the divisional round games, heartbreak for Mark Andrews, Lamar playoff failure, rooting for the Bills, Eagles holder MVP, Buckeyes WR Jeremiah Smith, Dan Quinn and do we like weather affecting games?

(1:05:08) - Ground Puck Seahawks Podcast with Tim Booth, Seattle Times and Curtis Crabtree, FOX 13.  How far are the Seahawks away from playing on championship weekend?  How much should the pressure be mounting on John Schneider and how do we feel about Byron Murphy’s rookie season?

(1:27:26) - “Hey, What the Puck!?”  Did Ichiro make a connection with Mariner fans?